Frobenius manifolds and Frobenius algebra-valued integrable systems (Q2398258)

The aim of this paper is to construct \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued, where \(\mathcal{A}\) is a Frobenius algebra, generalizations of integrable systems, starting with those associated to an underlying Frobenius manifold and related dispersionless hierarchies, and extending the ideas to topological quantum field theories and dispersive hierarchies. The notion of integrability will often extend from systems with scalar-valued fields to systems with algebra-valued fields. In such extensions the properties of the algebra and the structures on it play a central role in ensuring that the integrability is preserved. In this paper, a new theory of Frobenius algebra-valued integrable systems is developed. This is achieved for systems derived from Frobenius manifolds by utilizing the theory of tensor products for such manifolds, as developed by \textit{R. Kaufmann} [Int. Math. Res. Not. 1996, No. 19, 929--952 (1996; Zbl 0887.14012)] and \textit{M. Kontsevich} and \textit{Yu. Manin} [Invent. Math. 124, No. 1--3, 313--339 (1996; Zbl 0853.14021)]. By specializing this construction, using a fixed Frobenius algebra \(\mathcal{A}\), one can arrive at such a theory. More generally, one can apply the same idea to construct an \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued topological quantum field theory. The Hamiltonian properties of two classes of integrable evolution equations are then studied, first for dispersionless systems and then for certain dispersive systems. The construction of the \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued dispersionless (or hydrodynamic) hierarchies is given. The deformed flat coordinates can be described very simply, and these form the Hamiltonian densities for the new evolution equations. By reassembling the fields these equations can be written as \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued evolution equations. Writing them in Hamiltonian form requires the definition of a functional derivative with respect to an \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued field. Such a derivative was defined in [\textit{P. J. Olver} and \textit{V. V. Sokolov}, Commun. Math. Phys. 193, No. 2, 245--268 (1998; Zbl 0908.35124)] and with it one can write the flow equations as \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued bi-Hamiltonian evolution equations. The above ideas are extended to include dispersive, higher-order, dispersive systems. As an example, an \(\mathcal{A}\)-valued modified Camassa-Holm equation is constructed.